2006 Holiday Tip Jar For The APUG Moderators..

[thebanana]

I paid $4.50 for a shot of cheap rum at our Christmas party last night. These guys are worth at least that much, and I'd be happy to personally buy them each a drink of something decent if the opportunity arises!

 

[Ailsa]

Done - and thank you to everyone who helps keep APUG running smoothly.

 

[Steve Smith]

Done. Thank You.


Steve.

 

[brimc76]

Many thanks to everyone for their dedication. Mine is in the jar Sean.

Brian

 

[Roger Hicks]

Um...

I think I've done this. If I haven't, contact me. Sorry for the delay: I've been trying to pluck up the courage to pay on-line. Not something I willingly do. But for you guys...

I sometimes reflect that among the money I carry in my pocket, only one coin is actually worth anything, because it's real silver, not base metal: a Tibetan 10-sang piece. Or maybe just 10 sho, one thangka. Or... I dunno. Tibetan currency is powerfully confusing. Any experts out there?

Cheers,

R. (www.rogerandfrances.com)

 

[Ole]

I sometimes reflect that among the money I carry in my pocket, only one coin is actually worth anything, because it's real silver, not base metal: a Tibetan 10-sang piece. Or maybe just 10 sho, one thangka. Or... I dunno. Tibetan currency is powerfully confusing. Any experts out there?

Afraid not. But somewhere I have one Ethiopian Birr, which happens to be a Teresienthaler - real silver, and the original standard of money (the Birr) and weight (weight of one 1876 Teresienthaler = 1 Birr[weight]). It would buy a lot of Birra (beer).

 

[ijsbeer]

Done, Thanx for the great and sometimes difficult job,

ijsbeer

 

[jd callow]

Um...

I think I've done this. If I haven't, contact me. Sorry for the delay: I've been trying to pluck up the courage to pay on-line. Not something I willingly do. But for you guys...

I sometimes reflect that among the money I carry in my pocket, only one coin is actually worth anything, because it's real silver, not base metal: a Tibetan 10-sang piece. Or maybe just 10 sho, one thangka. Or... I dunno. Tibetan currency is powerfully confusing. Any experts out there?

Cheers,

R. (www.rogerandfrances.com)

I was in Minsk when they had, and may still, paper money with different enumerations (maybe the correct word). They had removed zeros from the newer currency. At the time the value was either 495,000 or 995,000 Belarusian rubles equaled 1 USD. It could have been so that they could fit the numbers on the bills. In any event you needed to remember that the red opera house was worth 500,000 and that the red train station (or some such) was only worth 5,000, but the former might read 500 and the latter, if it were old 5,000. The 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 were another colour also distinguished by buildings and could be labeled 1 or 1,000. Luckily the bills in the 100's were smaller and therefore not easily confused by the sober.

I suspect that in my case the cabbies working the night shift and bar keeps missed my leaving.

 

[Paul Sorensen]

I was in Minsk when they had, and may still, paper money with different enumerations (maybe the correct word). They had removed zeros from the newer currency. At the time the value was either 495,000 or 995,000 Belarusian rubles equaled 1 USD. It could have been so that they could fit the numbers on the bills. In any event you needed to remember that the red opera house was worth 500,000 and that the red train station (or some such) was only worth 5,000, but the former might read 500 and the latter, if it were old 5,000. The 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 were another colour also distinguished by buildings and could be labeled 1 or 1,000. Luckily the bills in the 100's were smaller and therefore not easily confused by the sober.

I suspect that in my case the cabbies working the night shift and bar keeps missed my leaving.

You'd hate to accidentally leave a 500,000 ruble tip, that 50 cents might come in handy some day!

 

[Jean Noire]

Done.

Hang on though.
17,000 members @ $5.00 per head..........???
$85.000 !!!
Not bad!!

I jest, it is very unlikely that there wil be anthing like a 100% response.

Thanks guys for a job well done and Merry Christmas.

John.

 

[BarryWilkinson]

Tip sent, many thanks

Barry

 

[jd callow]

You'd hate to accidentally leave a 500,000 ruble tip, that 50 cents might come in handy some day!

That was the beauty of Minsk. It was almost as if it didn't matter whether or not you paid actual price or 100x. A cab ride from the hotel to downtown was ~2.00USD w/ tip. A 500ml bottle of some of the best vodka you have ever had was ~1.25USD. Anything Belarusian was very cheap and often very good. Things imported were another story. A 10 pack of razors was 15.00USD and MacDonald’s sold their crap at or near US prices -- probably 5-10x what a similar meal would cost at one of the few Belarusian restaurants.

 

[arigram]

Tip those oppressors of Freedom and predators of Democracy?
Reward Censorship and applaud the arrest of ideas?
To the Pyre I say, cleanse their poisonous Evil by pure fire and scatter their satanic ashes to the Abyss of Hell!
Five bucks, eh? Too bad its not in drachmas...

 

[Ole]

Tip those oppressors of Freedom and predators of Democracy?
Reward Censorship and applaud the arrest of ideas?
To the Pyre I say, cleanse their poisonous Evil by pure fire and scatter their satanic ashes to the Abyss of Hell!
Five bucks, eh? Too bad its not in drachmas...

At last, a note of sanity!

 

[Sean]

current count is at 43 tips, not bad

 

[Gim]

I included a tip with my renewal check mailed a couple days ago. Hope you get it before the first.
Jim

 

[Andy K]

Here's my tip: 'Don't jump off moving buses.'

I sometimes reflect that among the money I carry in my pocket, only one coin is actually worth anything, because it's real silver, not base metal:

Same here, except the silver coin in my pocket is an 1885 'Morgan' silver dollar.

 

[copake_ham]

I'm in - have a great holiday season. Much as we might sometimes grumble at or about you, this site wouldn't exist without you guys keeping us from getting too unruly in the sandbox!

 

[mgb74]

current count is at 43 tips, not bad

Add 1 more. This is a great way to help reward those who's efforts are so diffuse (i.e. so many users, so few moderators). I do hope that the paypal "cut" is not too high with a high number of small transactions. Though I don't know how else it could be done.

 

[Fintan]

Another tip gentlemen, thank you.

 

[Dorothy Blum Cooper]

Done!

David Goldfarb, Jd Callow and Ole...thanks for all you do!

Merry Christmas!


Dorothy & Bobby Cooper~

 

[Jerevan]

Another one in the tip jar. Let's hope for 2007 being the best yet, in all aspects!

 

[rorye]

Happy Holidays Mod Squad!

 

[Paul Sorensen]

That was the beauty of Minsk. It was almost as if it didn't matter whether or not you paid actual price or 100x. A cab ride from the hotel to downtown was ~2.00USD w/ tip. A 500ml bottle of some of the best vodka you have ever had was ~1.25USD.

Well, on that note, I just sent a 5,000,000 ruble tip! (give or take a few million!)

 

[Russ Young]

Kudos to all. And a happy New Year laden with new films and great printing papers,
Russ